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2.1.   INDIAN WEAVERS






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     1.    the difference between fashion and style?

      

Fashion

Style

1. It is versatile.

1. It is unique.

2. It is the newest creations made by the designers.

2. It is the person’s newest creations by applying his/her own choice.

3. It is changeable.

3. It is constant.

4. It is temporary.

4. It is unique.

  

 2)    Guess 
 Guess the three stages of human life                 indicated   by the events in the poem.

      Ans. The three events referred to in the poem are birth, marriage and death. The three stages of human life indicated by these events are childhood, youth, and old age


.      3) the stanzaic pattern of the poem?

       Ans. Quatrain


       4) What is its rhyming scheme?

       Ans. Its rhyming scheme is AABB

 

       5)  List all the pairs of end rhymes in the poem.

       Ans. day-gay, wild-child, night-bright, green-queen, still-chill, cloud-shroud

 

        6)   Give three examples of alliteration from the poem.

       Ans. Weavers – weaving, peacock-purple, wing-wild                  

         

       7)  With what do the weavers compare the garments being woven by them? 

       Ans. Weavers compare the robes of a new-born child with the wing of a halcyon bird, marriage-veils of a queen with the feathers of a peacock and dead man’s funeral shroud with white feather and cloud.


          8) Do you think the weavers are affected by what they are weaving? Give a reason for your answer.

      Ans. Yes I think the weavers are affected by what they are weaving because they are happy, fresh and full of hope while weaving robes of a new-born child, they are happy and more active while weaving marriage-veils of a queen and they are serious and calm while weaving dead man’s funeral shroud.


        9)  Complete the following table:

Time of day

Type of garment

Colour of garment

For whom

a) Early in the morning

Robes of a new-born child

Blue

New-born child

b) During the fall of night

Marriage-veils of a queen

Purple and Green

Queen

c) In the dead of the night

Dead man’s funeral shroud



  10)  Describe the garment that the weavers weave at night.
A. The weavers weave a bright and colourful garment like the plumes of a
peacock. They weave the marriage veil of a queen.

11) Message conveyed in the poem is...............
Ans:  The weavers work continuously from morning till night . Their labour and attitude affects on their work.

12) State the similarity between the break of the day and the birth of the baby.
Ans:  The break of the day and the birth of a baby symbolize a new beginning.

13)  Pick out the expressions ,words,phrases from the poem that indicate different times of the day.
Ans:  •  break of the day= early morning
          •  fall of night  = late in the evening
          •  moonlight chill = cold night

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